Basko, Rajmahal (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Baskoghat, Busko, Buskoghat

Where: Jharkhand, India (24.7° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° S, 41.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• "Rajmahal Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224652: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 25.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia indica Feistmantel 1876 cycads
 Cycadales -
"Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis" = Taeniopteris crassinervis, "Taeniopteris buskoghatensis n. sp." = Taeniopteris crassinervis
"Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis" = Taeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel 1877 cycads
"Taeniopteris buskoghatensis n. sp." = Taeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel 1877 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
"Ginkgoites rajmahalensis" = Ginkgo rajmahalensis
"Ginkgoites rajmahalensis" = Ginkgo rajmahalensis Sah and Jain 1965 ginkgo
 Caytoniales -
Vitreisporites rajmahalensis n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites typicus n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
Podocarpidites cristiexinus n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
Podocarpidites alareticulosus n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
Callialasporites grandis n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites baskoensis n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965
Alisporites rajmahalensis n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965
Alisporites hemiglobosaccatus n. sp. Sah and Jain 1965
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Conites rajmahalensis n. sp. Sahni 1928